Hollywood actor Bruce Dern released from hospital after fall

The 82-year-old is said to be in good spirits.

Hollywood actor Bruce Dern is recovering after suffering a fall while on a jog in Los Angeles (Ian West/PA)

By Keiran Southern, Press Association Los Angeles Correspondent

October 20 2018 3:39 AM

Hollywood actor Bruce Dern is recovering after suffering a fall while on a jog in Los Angeles .

The 82-year-old star of films including Coming Home, Nebraska and The Hateful Eight left hospital on Friday after injuring himself earlier that day.

A representative for Dern said he was in good spirits.

Bruce Dern has left hospital after suffering a fall while on a run in Los Angeles (Ian West/PA)

Academy Award-nominated Dern has just finished filming for Quentin Tarantinoâs upcoming film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, where he will star alongside Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie.

Dern was a replacement for Burt Reynolds, who died in September.

His daught er, Laura Dern, is also an Oscar-nominated actor, starring in films such as Blue Velvet and Rambling Rose.

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